By BILL DONOHUE
(Editor’s Note: Bill Donohue is president of the Catholic League. He issued the comment below on August 29 cheering the resignation of anti-Catholic Gail Gordon Donegan from the Virginia Council on Women. Gov. Ralph Northam had appointed her to the post. Along with Donohue’s protest, Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Arlington Diocese and Bishop Barry Knestout on August 27 jointly called on Gov. Northam to rescind the appointment.)
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We’ve learned that Gail Gordon Donegan, the anti-Catholic bigot named by Gov. Ralph Northam to the Virginia Council on Women, has resigned. This is welcome news.
Following Donegan’s appointment, it was revealed that she has been spewing forth a torrent of vile, hate-filled anti-Catholic twitter messages. This led to an outpouring of protest from Catholics, which has now resulted in her stepping down.
We commend Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond and Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington for speaking out forcefully on this matter and inspiring the Catholic faithful of Virginia to do so as well.
And we congratulate all those who receive our emailed news releases, and who responded to our call for messages to Gov. Northam’s office demanding that Donegan be removed. Once again, you have made a difference.
Earlier, we noted some of her anti-Catholic barbs:
“Abortion is morally indefensible to Catholic priests bcuz it results in fewer children to rape.”
Christmas is “the one time of year the Catholic Church is allowed to focus on a little boy.”
“Go tell a Catholic they have dirt on their forehead.”
“Saw a bumper sticker: ‘You can’t be both Catholic & Pro-Choice.’ Add: You can be a pedophile though!”
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